Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-01
NYE on THE TANTIVY.
EASTERN COACHING COMPARED
WITH The WESTERN ARTICLE.

Q eaS ehN SO0Sf1lN1 SOMPaR6O
WITH The WESTERN ARTICLE.
Williams Experience the Main Deck
Of "a TanriVy-Trying to Get Acquainted
with the Driver aud Footman-Lug-
gage Allowed.
The report that the tantivy coach Was held
up and robbed just south Of Harlem during
the early part Of the week WAS incorrect l
was on board myself and | know that We
were not held up robbed IL had been
robt%d could have easily detacted IT as soon
rs l made up my cash st the end Of the day.
l do not regard the coach ride from the
Brunswick hotel to Pelham as one that is
especially fraught with danger. A cool man,
who Is well tied on, heed have no fear what
ever Coach robberie> beyond Harlem are
quite rare, and from the Brunswick to Har
lem the country is 50 rapidly settling up that
Q masked band OF road agents could hardly
expect to remain long undiscovered.
The ride Is pleasant one, and ~ full Of all
that i picturesque. all that is grand, all that
is ennoblip., and all that is English, that from
the moment Of the meet till the close Of tho
trip one feels that one has enjoyed ones
self, and one is more like ones beau ideal of
what is real nice than one has ever been
before.
There are thirteen seats on the main deck
OF tantivy, besides the seats occupied by
the coacEman and the guard. Once l sat by
the coachman and aftsrward l rode with the
guard but they were both dressed up much
better than l, and they seemed 10 look down
ON me with such lofty air Of disdain, that
was sorry ! went
But l was very anxious to he on the front
seat with the driver, because he said he would
soon go tooling into the Country club, and
wanted TO see how it was done. Nv early
life WAS almost devoid of educational advan-
tageS, and 50 as regards toolIng l was ig
norant child. Prior to this week tooling
might have gone on right under my very
eyes and l would not have known it. So l
sat beside the coachman on the bow, instead
OF going back on the poop deck with the
guard.
MUCH MORE REFINED
How different the ride between the Bruins
wick and Harlem from the ride between Den
yer and Leadville ten years ago, How much
more refined to ride for miles among brown
stone front houses that resemble each other,
like square chunks Of chocolate colored cake.
than to tool along up the Leadville road,
where you might not meet anybody for fifty
miles and You almost wished that you
wouldn't meet anybody
How raw and coarse the wild and woolly
stage driver seems when we compare him
with the coachman of the tantivy. How
profane he was, too, and careless in his
attire, compared with the scholarly man
with the handsome side wbiskers and the
long, slim picture book whip and the plump
stage leg. / am free TO state that never
felt the inferiority of my legs as did while
sitting Reside that driver
tried in every way to get acquainted
with him-called him Cap" offered to drive
for . minute while he made an observation |
through q pedometer that carried with me, |
tried to ride the nigh wheeler to show that |
was entirely unconventional and easy to ap- |
proach: but it WAS Of no use Then went |
back into the galley. with the footman or |
guard or whatever he is. He looked intelli- |
gent, but he was not the kind of man would |
like to go out fishing with for two weeks at a |
time. confess that l was disappointed in |
him l tried to have fun with him and even |
joked him about his trousers and tried in |
every way to draw him out. but he didn't |
seem to have any conversational powers.
NOW FAIRLY OPENED.
The stage coach season about New York is |
now fairly opened Fashions in dress and in |
color and style Of coach are almost endless |
You may see a striped body with Swiss over
skirt or blue body with red running gear.
Some like the neutral shades N horses, para
sols and wheels, while Others prefer the black |
and yellow or hornet combination. Horses
are wearing their tails higher In coaching
this season than heretofore, and speckled dogs
who attend the coach are not hanging their
tongues out SO far as they will, no doubt,
as the season advances.
Each passenger Is only allowed fifty pounds
of luggage, so had to leave my trunk after
all. and take only . lunch basket, valise
and a jar Of pickles But q man who figures
carefully can get from here to Pelham and
return with fifty pounds Of luggage very
As he gets backs before 6each
evening be need take NO night clothing. and
with q light flannel sui: to lunch in at Pei
nam, he needs little else in addition to the
'uit he wears on the journey. The light fan
,el suit need not weigh over four pounds
md he can make up the other forty
lounds in neckties
Many gentlemen make q great mistake by |
oading themselves down on these trips with
! double barreled shotgun or an oil stove.
shus cutting themselves down to not over
hree or four pounds of neckties Those who
nave gone through it know how mortifying it
S to be caught nine or ten miles from home
md have to spend the whole afternoon in q
morning neck;ie, or to carry an assortment
If English summer scarfs for sunny day and
hen have the sky cloud up and the wind
,ome from north by north west when Won are |